pessimistically

Example Sentences

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Today’s lower numbers aren’t evidence that we lack faith in true love’s existence – though that’s pessimistically prevalent these days among singles – but of wedding-driven reality TV’s expansion.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2024

The Mariners manager wasn’t trying to be pessimistically prescient or trying to hedge future failure.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2023

“If you want to look at the Olympics pessimistically, it’s just not the crown jewel that it used to be.”

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021

Yet one could be forgiven for pessimistically siding with Wood.

From Scientific American • Dec. 8, 2020

"Not as mooch as I thart it would,—and I thart it wouldn't," added Paddy pessimistically.

From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell